Hunter Walk

Funding Startups via Homebrew and new VCs via Screendoor LP

Started Homebrew to back startups in their earliest days. Such as Chime, Plaid, Gusto, ShieldAI, Finix, Graphite, Adonis, Cruise and other fintech, SaaS, machine learning, AI, computer vision businesses.

Started Screendoor LP to back the most exciting new VC firms who are building differentiated strategies based on their identities, networks and lived experiences. Such as ex/ante, sunflower, voyager, and many more. 

Previously built products which earn > $1b in annual revenue and generate over a billion daily pageviews. Scale!

East Coast born, West Coast rooted. One wife, one kid, one dog

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Providing early stage investment, assistance & love to entrepreneurs building companies

Investments include ShieldAI, Plaid, Gusto, Chime, Cruise, Bowery Farming and other FinTech, SaaS, API, marketplace, commerce businesses.

Learn more at www.homebrew.co & follow us on Twitter via @homebrew

People ask me "is there room for another venture firm?" 

Here's what i say. No... not if it's just another carbon copy of the same strategies, same people, same fishing pond.

You'd think that would always be true, but for much of venture's history, there was room at the inn for generic investors. 

Increasingly no longer - although Darwin runs at half-speed in venture so it's going to take a while to purge the mediocrity. 

Screendoor is helping though :)

it's always touching when you see a more experienced, wiser AI agent mentor a younger bot who was just brought into the world

Love this company. Go Shield AI 🤖🧠✈️

Open article: USAF Picks Shield AI’s Hivemind Autonomy Software for CCA YFQ-44A by thedefensepost.com

Anduril’s drone prototype for the US Air Force’s Collaborative Combat Aircraft (CCA) program, designated YFQ-44A.

USAF Picks Shield AI’s Hivemind Autonomy Software for CCA YFQ-44A

“You’d also maybe be surprised how many X thinkbois hate on the media publicly but don’t behave the same in private”

My interview with Jason Del Rey

Open article: “You’d also maybe be surprised how many X thinkbois hate on the media publicly but don’t behave the same in private” – reporter Jason Del Rey on going Indie with The Aisle, who inspires him, and why he failed to pay enough attention the the ChatGPT launch by hunterwalk.com

“You’d also maybe be surprised how many X thinkbois hate on the media publicly but don’t behave the same in private” – reporter Jason Del Rey on going Indie with The Aisle, who inspires him, and why he failed to pay enough attention the the ChatGPT launch

Oboe's goal is simple: teach one billion people one trillion things.

And they're hiring!!!!

Content Strategist & Creator
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Learning Content Editor
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Open article: Learning Content Editor by jobs.ashbyhq.com

Open article: Head of Finance by jobs.ashbyhq.com

Fixing what ails consumer businesses

At Forecast Labs, an investment group within Comcast, we help B2Cs and SMBs grow their customer base via TV advertising. We have spearheaded TV as a performance channel; we can prove that you're getting customers there, far more affordably than what you're used to spending on popular acquisition channels.

If you’d like to connect, please email Daniel_Groner@comcast.com.

Danny Groner

I hosted this morning a group of 10 people from across VC Platform. We chatted casually on couches for up to two hours, with some food and coffee that sat nearby. It was a tremendous joy to compare notes on the latest across the industry, getting to know better people I knew a little bit, mostly from online correspondence, meeting others for the first very time when they stepped off the elevator.

Based on the initial feedback this morning, this structure and size worked for those who attended. The specifics of what was discussed, I'll keep between the dozen on hand, however the overarching message beyond this one session in a singular setting is that more people should prioritize and prize attending curated events with greater frequency. Because it's not the same to stay at home, or even to sit at the office. You gotta search for and sift through what you hope to find now and next.

Online networking is not a substitute for offline meeting. It's an accelerant.

Over recent years, I've picked up on average 150 new contacts per month on LinkedIn. It's never quantity for its own sake, rather quality and quantity at once. Careers are better off when you're building in tandem with others. I don't know all of these people I've suggested, or have engaged with, but they are the most in sync with me, accumulated ones I look to bring along. In hopes of someday finding real reason to work together on something I couldn't possibly imagine or anticipate today. That's by far the most exciting aspect of work: figuring out who's best to ring when opportunity arises because you carry such a deep roster of knowledgable experts.

What's been coming fuller circle this season is that the people I've picked up online - yet to meet in earnest - are turning up at physical events I attend, and they're coming into my inbox via unsolicited introductions by third-parties, too. I have been choosing well and wisely, which shouldn't surprise based on the fact that definitionally these have long been second-degree connections who I've drawn closer. People who engage on this platform when they aren't seeking anything specific, who accept requests from those with dozens of mutuals, who indulge in the basics, who prize getting to know others, they tend to be well-suited for me.

Late last week, someone I've gotten to know pretty well suggested I meet someone he's come across of late, within my field. I didn't ask for the name at the time, trusting our mutual to dignify and do right by both of us. Only once that email introduction came through later did I piece together that I recognized the man's name as a serial marketer I've interacted with online, but who resides overseas so I haven't had the pleasure to get to know.

As he and I coordinated a call, he revealed that he was visiting NYC - and he'd like to arrange coffee. So I squeezed an hour into my schedule yesterday evening. When I arrived, he greeted me as an old friend, not a new acquaintance. As we sat, he told me that I was already on his short list of people to touch base with this year, since he admired my unconventional approach to PR. He asked me to fill in how I have arrived at my conclusions.

It's never clunky to be introduced to someone you've bantered with before online, mere validation that you've made strong decisions for years leading up to this inevitability to be connected more securely. Rather than wait for someone else to make a pairing, you can get moving in the appropriate direction sooner.

There's no badge I wear more proudly than while scanning name tags at industry events and recognizing a familiar one. I'll head over and lead with, "Hey, I know you." Sure, we've gotten a bit out of order, however the enthusiasm is electric when you match a body to a profile. Networking is best when performed comfortably, all parties alert and aware. Cut through the noise by chipping away daily.

"There are challenges. Chatbots sometimes cannot gain access to high-quality information from professional media outlets because it is hidden behind a paywall. Other times, they regurgitate old information as current fact. Often they just make things up."

Open article: Chatbots Are the New Influencers Brands Must Woo by nytimes.com

Chatbots Are the New Influencers Brands Must Woo

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